I'm the worst Australian...I dislike Cricket, I dislike AFL, I dislike Rugby League, I can stand Rugby Union and it's really the only game I don't dislike that involves a ball that's a national sport thing but I still neither watch or follow it.

Rugby at least doesn't have stupid rules to stop the game every 5 meters because you've been "tackled" and then the other guys are nice enough to line up again and give you another attempt; how sporting...JUMP ON THAT MOTHER-RUCKER!

And in regards to the OP...I don't know what that is...but that's something I could play, for sure!

Rugby at least doesn't have stupid rules to stop the game every 5 meters because you've been "tackled" and then the other guys are nice enough to line up again and give you another attempt; how sporting...JUMP ON THAT MOTHER-RUCKER!

Yep, American football is not rugby. It's the quick action, start and stop action which makes it very unique, and probably not for everyone. It's a chess match, with one team trying to break down differences in somewhat impenetrable defenses in hopes of making a big play in a very crowded and contended space.

It's really almost nerdy in it's complexity, and sometimes I'm surprised that my countrymen like it as much as they do. I'm a friggin superfan, myself.

Rugby at least doesn't have stupid rules to stop the game every 5 meters because you've been "tackled" and then the other guys are nice enough to line up again and give you another attempt; how sporting...JUMP ON THAT MOTHER-RUCKER!

Yep, American football is not rugby...I honestly don't know why the sports are even getting compared on here. Being tackled stopping the action is part of what creates the sport in the first place. It's the quick, shifty, start and stop action which makes it very unique, and probably not for everyone. It's a chess match, with one team trying to break down tiny openings in somewhat impenetrable defenses in hopes of making a big play in a very crowded and contended space. Our offensive and defensive linemen are often men in excess of 300 lbs who can run sub 5 second 40s.

It's really almost nerdy in it's complexity, and sometimes I'm surprised that my countrymen like it as much as they do. I'm a friggin superfan, myself.

My high school gym coach (one of the most macho, chauvinist a-holes I've ever met) once said in no uncertain terms:

"Never fight with a ballet dancer. Oh they look like prancy delicate fariy folk, but what you may not have considered is that the man-child you see in a unitard can hold a grown woman above his head with one arm and balance their combined weight on the toes of one foot. Think about how stong someone has to be to do that. You pick a fight with those "pansies" and they will rip your freaking head off."